Surrey Collection (page 2)

Cricket at Blackheath
Kent host Surrey at the Rectory Field ground, Blackheath. Famous Surrey batsman Jack Hobbs is at the crease, and has been permitted to have a runner (seen at square leg)

Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted
The Foundling Hospital Schools, Berkhamsted. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by Captain Thomas Coram and in 1741 began construction of premises at Bloomsbury Fields, London

England / The North Downs
A view of the North Downs, near Oxted, Surrey, England. Date: 1950s

London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage, Woking
General view of the main building of the London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage at Woking, Surrey. The orphanage was founded in 1885 in Clapham, south west London

Choirboy singing solo in a church, Horley, Surrey
A choirboy singing solo in front of a modern stained glass window at Salfords Church, Horley, Surrey. He is holding a book entitled English Praise

Airing Court at Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Children and nurses enjoy playing with toys in an airing court at the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London)

The Silent Pool, Newlands Corner, Surrey, 1926
Photograph showing the Silent Pool at Newlands Corner, Surrey, during 1926. The Police dragged the pool, that year, in their search for Agatha Christie, the novelist and playwright

Leith Hill Tower, Surrey, the highest point in the county, built in 1766 by Richard Hull, as a viewpoint. Legend has it that his last request was to be buried upside down in it

Box Hill, Surrey
A fine view of Box Hill, Surrey, and the road which climbs up to the 700 feet top of this beauty spot, above the River Mole, named because of the many box trees on it

Church Choirboys
Choirboys singing under a stained glass window at Salfords Church, Horley, Surrey, England

Thames / Richmond 1948
The Thames at Richmond, Surrey

Boats at Molesey Lock
Boats and boaters at Molesey Lock on the Thames at Surrey. Though larger vessels must use the lock on the right, smaller boats can be hauled over the rollers, to the left

The Bridge, Ashstead Common, Surrey
The Bridge, Ashstead Common, Ashtead, near Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Date: 1910s

Leatherhead, Surrey - Church Street Date: circa 1910s

Cambridge Boat Crew 1930
The Cambridge boat crew on their first outing on the River Thames at Henley, Surrey, England. They won the Oxford vs Cambridge boat race that year (1930)! Date: 1930

Leatherhead - 1925
River Mole Leatherhead Surrey

Social / Knights Hill 18C
A gentleman farmer on his horse at Knights Hill, Surrey, seat of Lord Thurlow. The farm labourer carries a harvest barrel

Pumping Engine
Kempton Park, Surrey : the triple expansion pumping engine in the waterworks. Note the size of the men

MAY POLE / 1904 WOK HAM
A group of girls and their maypole in Wokingham, Surrey

Borough of Beddington and Wallington Fire Station, Surrey

Willow Walk, Dorking, Surrey - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Limpsfield village, Surrey Date: 1928

Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Redhill
A view of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles, Redhill, Surrey, founded in 1847. It later became known as the Royal Earlswood Hospital. Date: circa 1854

Woman police officer attending an accident where a man appears to have fallen off a ladder. She is speaking into her hand-held radio. Date: circa 1970s

Woman police officer in new Surrey uniform
Woman police officer (Eileen Greenwood) in the new Surrey uniform introduced in 1973. The jacket was single-breasted with four buttons, and the hat was in black and white with a checked design

The Hill - home of Birket Foster, Artist - Witley, Surrey
The Hill - the house owned by Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) - popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver - in Witley, Surrey

The Grange Boating Lake - Beddington Park, Beddington, Surre
The Grange Boating Lake - Beddington Park, Beddington, Croydon, near Wallington, Surrey, England. Date: 1930s

Blitz in London -- warehouses, Surrey Docks, WW2
Warehouses in a smoky atmosphere following heavy bombing raids on the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, SE London. This raid took place on 7 September 1940

Grand Surrey Canal
Men loading large planks of wood onto (or off) a barge on the Peckham (London) branch of the Grand Surrey Canal, England. Date: early 1930s

The Cedars of Lebanon, by Edward Lear (1812-1888). The first version was painted in 1861; this is a later version, commissioned by Charles Roundell MP

Thames Swans
Swans on the River Thames at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England. Date: 1950s

North Surrey District School, Anerley, Upper Norwood, Surrey
The North Surrey District School at Anerley, Upper Norwood, with the Crystal Palace visible behind. The school was opened in 1850 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Worplesdon Golf Club
Worplesdon golf course " one of the prettiest golf courses in Surrey" with caricatures of various members including Captain G.A. Moxon and A.P.F. Chapman

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIU
de Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)

Bisley Farm School No. 2 Ground-floor Plan
Ground-floor plan of the new building added to the Bisley Farm School, Surrey, in 1873, and later known as the Shaftesbury School block. Date: circa 1888

Ashford, Surrey - St Davids School
St Davids School - an independent girls school in Ashford (historically in Middlesex, but from 1965 in the district of Spelthorne in Surrey), England

General Bernard Montgomery visits his son David
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (then just General Montgomery!) (1887-1976) visits his 15-year-old son David (David Montgomery)

The Domesday Book, Surrey
The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of Surrey, including Guildford, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: c. 1085

Whip and Whipping Post at Wandsworth Prison
Whip and Whipping Post at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

Gipsy girl plaiting horses tail at an encampment in Surrey
A gipsy girl plaiting the tail of the family horse as she sits on the step of their caravan at an encampment in Surrey. (2 of 2)

Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey
A view of the entrance to Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey. The buildings were originally opened in 1860 as an invalid prison for convicts not fit enough to be sent to Dartmoor

Springfield Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Aerial view of Springfield Hospital on Glenburnie Road, Tooting, near Wandsworth (then in Surrey, now in south west London). It was opened in 1841 as the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum

Dining Hall, Reedham Orphanage, Purley, Surrey
The dining hall at the Reedham Orphanage, Old Lodge Lane, Purley, Surrey. It was founded by the Rev Dr Andrew Reed, a Congregational Minister

Childrens Ward, Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting, Surrey
Children in cots and nurses in a ward of the Fountain Hospital at Tooting in Surrey (now South London). The hospital was opened in 1893 as a fever hospital by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Dorking Workhouse Infirmary, Surrey
Infirmary of the Dorking Union workhouse, Surrey. The workhouse opened in 1841, with the infirmary being added in 1900. The site later became Dorking General Hospital

England / Farnham
A very quiet day in Farnham, Surrey, showing Farnham Castle, a Norman castle overlooking the town from a hill, the home of the Bishops of Winchester for 700 years

Gypsy Boy with Hen 1973
A gypsy boy sits by the door to his family caravan clutching onto a chicken at a Surrey encampment

Potato Clamp
Men storing potatoes, covering clamps of them with straw on a farm in Surrey, England

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